Demoniac

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  • adjective. Possessed, produced, or influenced by a demon.
  • adjective. Of, resembling, or suggestive of a devil; fiendish.
  • noun. One who is or seems to be possessed by a demon.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to a demon or spirit.
  • Produced by demons; influenced by demons.
  • Of the character of a demon; acting as if possessed by demons; wild; frantic; extremely wicked or cruel.
  • noun. One who is supposed to be possessed by a demon; one whose volition and other mental faculties seem to be overpowered. restrained, or disturbed in their regular operation by an evil spirit; specifically, a lunatic.
  • noun. [capitalized] One of a section of the Anabaptists who maintained that, the devils would ultimately be saved.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A human being possessed by a demon or evil spirit; one whose faculties are directly controlled by a demon.
  • noun. One of a sect of Anabaptists who maintain that the demons or devils will finally be saved.
  • adjective. Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a demon or evil spirit; devilish
  • adjective. Influenced or produced by a demon or evil spirit.
  • adjective. resembling or suggesting possession by a demon.
  • adjective. in a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. possessed or controlled by a demon.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to demons; demonic.
  • noun. One who is possessed or controlled by a demon.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. frenzied as if possessed by a demon
  • noun. someone who acts as if possessed by a demon
  • Word Usage
    "He has deemed himself a failure and largely abandoned literature, but Jed's portrait of him captures his bygone intensity—"he appears to be in a trance, possessed by a fury that some have not hesitated to describe as demoniac.""
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    demon  devil  fiend  monster  ogre  
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